Senior Manager, Supply Chain

Job Summary:

The Sr Manager, Supply Chain is responsible for the strategic, tactical, and operational activities to achieve a value-added supply chain responsive to program requirements.

Activities include supply and demand management of purchased components, planning, sourcing, procurement, and collaboration with suppliers and internal customers to drive out unnecessary costs and inefficiencies.

The manager facilitates the management of relationships with major suppliers for the acquisition of quality-assured commodities and works closely with the Operations team.

The manager will implement appropriate sourcing strategies to control the company's purchased material costs and to ensure an adequate source of supply will be provided while managing and optimizing supplier performance, including continuous improvement, innovations, obsolescence, and reduction in total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities and Tasks:


* Plan, organize, and manage the procurement of all materials, equipment, and services necessary for repair, overhaul, and manufacturing, and ensure efficient movement of materials required for meeting schedules of assigned programs


* Reviews supplier proposals for price, delivery time, and quality, and then selects the supplier


* Monitors cost, schedule, and performance factors of suppliers and programs to ensure adherence to budgets and customer requirements


* Research and develop sources of supply for required commodities


* Evaluates material shortages and determines appropriate inventory levels


* Directs material procurement and program scheduling activities using a computerized ERP System


* Monitors and assures efficient flow of inbound customer repairable being input for work, efficient receipt of purchased material, inventory management, and shipment of product


* Coordinate with Account Managers, Contracts, and Operations to determine material lay-in requirements for long-term projects; facilitate management of max/min of stock inventory to assure adequate supply with minimal excess and appropriate inventory turns, and assure timely processing of non-stock requirements to support DOT of repair service orders


* React to Operations' schedules to help maintain on-time deliveries to our customers, as well as smooth material receipt schedules to maintain production flow throughout the Factory


* Maintain control of all service and production ordering activities for all company programs.

This includes reviewing, in conjunction with Account Management, Contracts, Finance, and Operations, and establishing optimum inventories and stock order recommendations for executive review and approval


* Manage the sourcing of material to support the Production Planning process, assuring a timely flow of production materials to Manufacturing


* Interface with all cognizant departments relative to resolving various material problems and issues that negatively impact production


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